[Elecraft] K3S TX Noise Gate

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Which monitor setting are you using?  If you have selected "Fast"
monitor, you may not hear the TX Gate (or EQ, compression, etc.).
The fast monitor is "pre-DSP" audio that avoids the latency (delay)
in the DSP processing.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Richard
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 7:54 PM
> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3S TX Noise Gate
> 
> When I listen to myself in the monitor while setting Tx EQ and 
> compression, I hear the fans in the background, so I thought I’d try 
> the Transmit Noise Gate.
> 
> I was a recording engineer, so I know what a gate is and what it 
> should sound like.
 >
> When I follow the manual instructions on how to
> access it through CONFIG TX GATE, how to tap 1 to turn it on and off,
> and how to use VFO A to adjust it, nothing happens. Zero. There is
> absolutely no gate action, no change in the sound as I run the
> adjustment from one end to the other. 
>  > What might I be doing wrong?
> 
> Richard - W4KBX
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